Weekly check in- 1/3-1/10

[Andrea]

First check in of 2016, the year we get to meet our babes! :::cue tears:::

How far along are you?

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week?

Any fun symptoms going on?

Any appointments this week?

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts?

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings.

[Andrea]

How far along are you? 18 weeks

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Tall, decaf, non-fat, Frappuccino with whipped cream and caramel drizzle.

Any fun symptoms going on? Still with the nausea, some reflux, the back pain is starting to intensify.

Any appointments this week? YES, finally. Anatomy scan on Wednesday.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? Cannot wait to see what sex this little futbol player is going to be. Trying not to be too nervous about the a/s, and just focus on seeing the wee one again.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings.
Arby's freaking curly fries like 3 times a week, at least. I don't ever eat at Arby's but their fries, their fries are speaking to me this pregnancy.

eta: Monday, spelling and I are not getting along.

[soultrane]

Andrea, GL at your a/s this week! So exciting!!

@cheeze, itchy belly is the worst. My biggest tip is to use a heavy moisturizer religiously after every shower/bath. It does wonders to keep the itchiness at bay.

[titania]

Andrea, So excited about your scan! Also those fries sound delicious

How far along are you? 18+4

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? a Croissant

Any fun symptoms going on? RLP, congestion, getting up to pee a million times a night

Any appointments this week? No... next week can't come soon enough

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? So happy to feel healthy now! This past week made me appreciate being well.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings. Pizza and Mexican... I can't get enough!

[Flair Underwood]

How far along are you? 17+1

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? A chipmunk!

Any fun symptoms going on? I can feel this little one, I swear it!

Any appointments this week? Nada

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I'm thankful to be back to work with a busy schedule. I miss my family today though.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings.
Man-- all I want is shellfish and liquor. But alas... I hit the grocery store on the way home from the gym last night and
got nonfat greek frozen yogurt. I wanted ice cream but tried to be responsible. I did buy a bag of gummy hearts though.

[soultrane]

How far along are you?
17 weeks tomorrow

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week?
a large order of fries (ummm, yes please!!)

Any fun symptoms going on?
Other than little bursts of movement now and then, MS came back this morning with a vengeance. I'm convinced that waking up at 5:30 is the biggest factor, because I didn't deal with this at all over my break.

Any appointments this week?
Nope, not until the 14th

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts?
I apparently got noticeably bigger over the past week and a half because I've had a ton of people comment at work this morning.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings.
I'm all about mayo lately which is weird for me. Anything mayo-based has been delicious, but mostly chicken salad and cole slaw. Fruit and veggies too, which is what I lived on during my pregnancy with DS. Give me ALL the berries and salads!

[frecklesnbrains]

How far along are you? 17w6d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? pomegranate

Any fun symptoms going on? Not much... mild RLP, maybe some baby movement?

Any appointments this week? Anatomy scan is Thursday. I'm nervous.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I think I may finally be getting a little bump! Even my DH made a comment. Mostly I feel fat.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings. Honestly, I haven't really had any distinctive cravings, though I have noticed a considerable increase in my appetite in the past couple of weeks. I just want to eat pretty much anything, all the time, and I wake up ravenous in the morning. Like Flair Underwood, what I really want is margaritas, gin and tonics, beer, and wine *sigh*

[packerfan4life]

How far along are you?
17 weeks tomorrow

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week?
No idea

Any fun symptoms going on?
feeling little bursts of movement here and there, especially when I'm driving. Also my boobs are ginormous. I finally sort of got some better fitting bras. Went down on band size and up on cup soze somehow. Although if I keep growing at this rate I'm going to have to research where to go to get bras when you reach victoria secret's limit

Any appointments this week? Yup! Thursday

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts?
See boob comment above. Why can't I be like the rest of my family and have smaller boobs?

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings.
Carbs. Pizza, noodles, etc

[manybellsdown]

How far along are you? 17 weeks yesterday

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? A chipmunk, apparently, the thought of which is creeping me out.

Any fun symptoms going on? I can't sleep. I'm over it.

Any appointments this week? A/S isn't until 1/26.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I felt a bunch of movement last week, I thought, but I've been uncertain of it in the past few days. DO NOT LIKE.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? This baby MAKES me eat alternatively salty or sweet things all the time. Chips and salsa all weekend, and buckets of hot chocolate. Also gimme all the spicy. Also, really, I just feel like I eat or want to eat all the time. The holidays were not good (yet so good). My plan is to get on track with normal, healthy choices and amounts. But cravings are real.

[birdhut]

How far along are you? 15 weeks 5 days

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Avocado

Any fun symptoms going on? Headaches and wanting to eat all the time!

Any appointments this week? Yes, tomorrow. Just a regular one.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? A week from today we have our gender ultrasound! So excited!!! Also today is DHs first day back to work since Christmas and thankfully we are surviving but we miss him and the help!

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings.

Ice cream which I know is a bad idea because ice cream always gives me stomach aches. It sounds so good though!

[origamimommy]

How far along are you? 15 weeks 5 days

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Avocado

Any fun symptoms going on? Still nausea, bad bad hip pain. My snoogle should arrive tomorrow

Any appointments this week? Nope, just had last week.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I still am so excited it's a boy!!! I just want to feel movement already. Also, we are naming him Liam Edward (Edward after FIL) and our son is convinced we are going to change our minds and name him dinosaur. This weekend I said we were going to go buy a few things for Liam, and Tyler said, "Yay! I want to get stuff for my baby brother. But it's Dinosaur, not Liam." When we tell him we can't name a baby Dinosaur, he gets super pissed and will argue with us for like 20 minutes about it.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings.

Spicy foods! I want all the Drunken noodles, also potato chips and peach iced tea. Everything else is "I can tolerate it" but these, I can eat all.the.food.

[sandandsea]

17 weeks
Turnip
Feeling heavy even though I haven't gained any weight so far, it's all just moved to my stomach. I'm having to breathe more and find myself breathing deeply a lot! I'm fully in maternity clothes now. Chest is sore again and some MOTN sickness, but not all the time.
My a/s is on the 12th and nothing until then.
We spent a lot of time over Christmas thinking about names and aren't sold on anything yet. I'm starting to feel like we will settle on Lo's name which makes me sad.
I don't really have any major cravings. I've been really into sushi (all cooked rolls) and salads so far and not really into sweets which is good.

[GOmamab15]

How far along are you? 15w 4d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Avocado

Any fun symptoms going on? Uncomfortable sleeping, congestion & allergy like symptoms, breast pain and headaches.

Any appointments this week? This Friday

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I'm driving 3 1/2+ hours today to oversee year-end (beginning?) inventory counts for work...oh how I wish I could have gotten out of doing this!

GTKY: this morning, baby needed a donut.

[vlinder]

How far along are you? 15+6

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Avocado

Any fun symptoms going on? Not really. Some nausea if I don't eat, some general discomfort.

Any appointments this week? Yup! On Friday. Definitely looking forward to hearing the heartbeat again.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? The backne I have right now is terrible :/

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings. Nothing in particular at the moment. I guess cheese has been the biggest one lately.

[csat]

How far along are you? 18w1d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Bell pepper

Any fun symptoms going on? Movement here and there

Any appointments this week? Nope, appointment lull here

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? Mainly that I can't believe we are going to have a new baby in our family in 5 months.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings. Sweets, anything sweet. I'm usually more of a savory, salt kind of person but I can't stop eating candy, cookies, pudding, custard, etc.

[mymilkshake]

How far along are you? 17w 1d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week?pomegranite

Any fun symptoms going on? I sleep terribly... All the time

Any appointments this week? Next week. Just an OB appt.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I'm having trouble jogging:( I feel like I have groin and maybe pelvic pain. Then I feel like I immediately need to pee as soon as I start. I think I may be sticking to my Pilates and heading to the gym for the elliptical from here on out.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings. I feel like I never had a REAL have to have something craving. But I love ALL the food. Salty, sweet you name it. I'm always hungry.

[nymama917]

First check in of 2016, the year we get to meet our babes! :::cue tears:::

How far along are you? 15w 1d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Haas Avacado

Any fun symptoms going on? Headaches still but not severe, starving most of the time (which is better than feeling sick so I'll take it)

Any appointments this week? none

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? Anatomy scan on 1/14 and trying to figure out if I want to find out the gender or not. My husband is a definite yes and I was leaning no, but as it gets closer I am starting to lean yes. hmmmm

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings. Nothing really specific. It was pickles and all things vinegar and salt, but it's evened out a bit for me now and I'm craving some yogurt and sweets (animal crackers to be exact) a bit more. It really depends on the day.

[twobananas]

How far along are you? 15 weeks with di/di twins

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Cinnamon rolls

Any fun symptoms going on? Lots of heartburn, finally hopefully getting over a cold.

Any appointments this week? None till the end of the month

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? Can't wait to feel these babies kick! I've been having lots of dreams where I feel them in the dream, so hopefully it's soon!

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings. Primarily smoothies, and right now lots of leafy greens, so we have some yummy veggies planned for dinner this week! My last two pregnancies were all carbs and sweets so it's a nice change to crave healthy things. Of course, I'm still eating a ton of all the unhealthy stuff too!

[cattuccino]

How far along are you? 19w1d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Four toed hedgehog

Any fun symptoms going on? Just a bigger number on the scale, crappy sleep, and peeing all the time. Also suffering from itchy belly and have been horrible with moisturizing.

Any appointments this week? Nope

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I'm already soso tired of being told how happy I must be we're expecting a boy, and we'll have the "perfect family" or a "millionaire family" (where did that even come from?!)

I'm very upset/emotional that it feels like more people are excited about this baby being a boy than about DD. Maybe it's because we found out early this time...I don't know. I could also just be being hormonal.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings. All the salty things.
And smoothies - I've been super big on smoothies despite it being cold lately.

And I really want pasta salad but need to make it. I bought all the stuff....just....to make it.

[pbandj714]

How far along are you? 14w4d with di/di twins

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? 2 little house mice

Any fun symptoms going on? Not really. The heartburn hasn't been as bad. Definitely noticing belly growth.

Any appointments this week? Yep! Had one today! It was short and boring. Got to hear the HBs, and the tech said they are very active in there...wouldn't hold still!

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? Omg, I ordered the cribs today!! This is for realz.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings.

Pringles and orange juice have been my faves recently.

[babyzebra]

How far along are you? 15w3d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Pear

Any fun symptoms going on? I'm exhausted sometimes and have occasional nausea, but I feel pretty good overall.

Any appointments this week? Nope, I have an appointment on 1/21, then don't have my anatomy scan until 22 weeks.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I'm feeling movement now, which is great. I finally used my Doppler a few days ago too. That was awesome to hear!

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings.
I eat everything and do not discriminate against any food.

[origamimommy]

@cattucino I'm sorry. I hate those comments. I'm getting the opposite, "You must be so disappointed since you already have a boy" and "Well that's a bummer".

I really want to make these people uncomfortable as fuck as say, "Actually I was really disappointed that I faved secondary infertility and it was a huge bummer to get a negative pregnancy test month after month after month. But I guess you're right. I should be so sad the baby joining us has a penis and should just give him away and try again for a girl."

[cattuccino]

origamimommy, right? People are just ignorant.
I'm sorry you're dealing with comments like that, especially with your fertility journey.

[origamimommy]

Jan 4, 2016 21:14:49 GMT -5 cattuccino said:

origamimommy, right? People are just ignorant.
I'm sorry you're dealing with comments like that, especially with your fertility journey.

People just have no tact. I'm still seething over one of my friends responding, "Oh. Well are you even excited? I was really hoping you'd have a girl."

If I could meme from my phone, it'd be a Kanye west face.

[manybellsdown]

Jan 4, 2016 21:18:41 GMT -5 origamimommy said:

Jan 4, 2016 21:14:49 GMT -5 cattuccino said:

origamimommy, right? People are just ignorant.
I'm sorry you're dealing with comments like that, especially with your fertility journey.

People just have no tact. I'm still seething over one of my friends responding, "Oh. Well are you even excited? I was really hoping you'd have a girl."

If I could meme from my phone, it'd be a Kanye west face.

Are you kidding? Are you EVEN excited? I would seethe forever.

So sorry you are both facing these comments. I've had some minorly irritating comments and we don't even know yet. I need to practice the responses you've been wanting to give, especially the Kanye face.

[txmommy14]

How far along are you? 18 weeks 5 days! What?!?

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? No clue!

Any fun symptoms going on? Just gaining weight very rapidly and reminding myself it's okay and it's worth it. Still having sick days but overall getting better. A lot of lower back pain if I'm on my feet too much.

Any appointments this week? YES!!!! Anatomy scan Thursday and regular appt Eeek!! I'm nervous. Praying the baby is healthy.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? Love feeling movement and flips. Amazing.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings.

Chips, bagels and cream cheese, salsa, anything. I'm just starving. I have been having a snack when I wake up to pee at 2-3am lately, but I can't help it, I'm famished, even if I ate right before bed. Hot Cheetos last night, mmmmmm.

[Kevinmac]

How far along are you? 15 weeks

What are you? An avocado or canary

Any symptoms? Some nausea here or there

Appointments? None this week

Rants/raves: I went to the gym today for the first time since getting pregnant. I wanted to walk more but was getting a funny cramp so stopped right away. Hopefully it was just a fluke thing.

GTKY: I don't crave anything in particular, but when I start eating fries I can't stop! It was bad last week at Disney when so many meals came with fries.

[bighair12]

How far along are you? 14w5d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? Beet

Any fun symptoms going on? Still bleeding. Super tired. Though getting an appetite for more normal food.

Any appointments this week? Next week.

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I thought second tri was this burst of energy. Lies! I would really like to stop bleeding. It is frustrating.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings. I don't really have any cravings yet. I am excited to get them though. With DD I was obsessed with root beer floats.

[broadwaymama]

How far along are you? 18 weeks 4 days

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week? A sweet potato, or a multi tool

Any fun symptoms going on? Sciatic pain and some stomach muscle discomfort it might be round ligament but I'm not sure!

Any appointments this week?
Thursday...had to cancel last week due to craziness at work

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? Trying to go off diclegis again. My crazy schedule makes it so hard to eat all the time and it seems if I don't have a snack every couple hours I get sick

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings.
Fresh fruit! I can't get enough of it!!! At least it's good for me right?!

[nitecheese]

How far along are you? 16w 3d

What fruit/cute animal/weird item are you packing this week?: A grenade!

Any fun symptoms going on? Oh, sciatic pain, how I did NOT miss you.

Any appointments this week? Today! No u/s, but eager to hear the heartbeat!

Rants/Raves/Random thoughts? I thought I felt baby move the other day, but haven't felt anything since. I fell into a spiral of reading about late mmc and cried at my desk. No more internet for me, as far as that goes.

GTKY: What is baby making you eat? i.e. tell us about your cravings. I want pad thai all the time. I'm going to try to talk DH into going out to our favorite thai place in our old neighborhood this weekend. I also want all the chocolate. Sorry, body.